St Andrew's Church

Sunday Gathering - Advent 1
2021-11-28 08:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Stringendo - Wellington Children's Orchestra
2021-12-01 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Stringendo was formed in 2015 and consists of string players aged from 9-14 from the Wellington region, conducted by Donald Maurice. Its primary focus is music from the Baroque period, to equip the players with an understanding of the playing style of the time, to develop sight-reading skills, and to prepare them for roles in full symphony orchestras. Many past members have gone on to join Wellington Sinfonietta, Wellington Youth Orchestra, the National Secondary Schools Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra. Some of the original members are now studying performance at university. Keeping going during Covid-19 alert levels has been challenging but in 2021 Stringendo participated in the Strings for Africa concert with piano soloist Diedre Irons. The concert on December 1 will be their only other performance in 2021. Audience limited by alert level.
Programme: 1 December Stringendo

Centering Prayer
2021-12-02 12:30 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | St Andrew’s Centre, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
A half hour of group meditation/contemplative prayer. Begins with a short reading then 30 minutes silence. All welcome. This website will give you some idea of the approach many of us use. https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/category/category/centering-prayer

Communion Service - Advent 2
2021-12-05 10:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Jonathan Berkahn and Ingrid Schoenfeld – organ, piano and accordion
2021-12-08 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for a terrific keyboard mixture of music for piano, organ and accordion! Audience limited by alert level.
Mozart’s Sonata in B flat K.358, four hands (piano)
Albrechtsberger’s Prelude and Fugue in C, four hands (organ)
Franck’s Prelude, Fugue, and Variation (piano and accordion)
Pepusch Trio Sonata (two accordions)

Programme details: 8 December Organ Piano Accordion

Sunday Gathering - Advent 3
2021-12-12 10:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Wellington Chamber Orchestra - Ian Ridgewell conducts
2021-12-12 15:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Richard Strauss – Serenade for 13 Winds
Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Flutes
soloists Bridget Douglas & Kirstin Eade
Malcolm Arnold – English Dances set No.1
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 – the Little Russian
All concerts, 3:00 p.m., St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington
Season ticket $60 from Eventfinda
Single concert $20/$15
Secondary students and younger free
Advance sales for all concerts through eventfinda.co.nz (search for “WCO”)
Cash sales on the door

A Christmas Celebration
2021-12-15 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Our final St Andrew’s on the Terrace Lunchtime Series concert of 2021 finishes with a fantastic time of singing and ringing in the Holiday season. “A Christmas Celebration” is being led by Mark Stamper, Wellington choral conductor and Music Coordinator of St. Andrews on the Terrace.
The celebration will feature traditional carols and light-hearted familiar holiday songs. You will also experience the choral blend of the Wellington Male Voice Choir and a few other surprises, including several opportunities for audience participation!
Make plans NOW to attend this celebration of Christmas music as we lift our spirits and voices in song! Entry by Koha. No need for tickets, just be early to avoid disappointment and bring your holiday spirit!
Programme details: 14 December Celebration of Christmas

NZ Trio - Dramatic Skies 2
2021-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Sunday Gathering - Advent 4
2021-12-19 10:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | The Terrace

Christmas Eve Carol service & communion
2021-12-24 19:30 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Christmas Day Gathering
2021-12-25 10:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Sunday Gathering - Christmas 1
2021-12-26 10:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

TAIORO - Chamber Music with Poetry, Viola, Cello and Piano
2022-02-16 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for the exciting opening concert of the 2022 St Andrew’s on the Terrace Lunchtime Series, featuring the debut of new chamber music group TAIORO, a combination of poetry by Sharn Maree Cassady with music performed by Donald Maurice (viola) and Inbal Megiddo (cello). Compositions are by New Zealand composers Anthony Ritchie, Alfred Hill and Douglas Lilburn, as well as the premiere of David Hamilton’s “Avec Amour”, set to a poem by Sherry Grant.
TAIORO is an ensemble established in 2021 to create and perform a niche repertoire combining poetry and music by Aotearoa New Zealand authors and composers. This collaboration of spoken word poet, violist, cellist and pianist embraces our diverse backgrounds and the whenua which we call home.
Taioro – the dynamics of sound, one of the main elements of music, namely the heaviness or lightness of the sound.
Tai – the tide. Representing the ebbs and flows of tangaroa and the energy that we hold.
Oro – to resound or resonate. Also the kupu used for a musical note.
*Seating is limited to 100 persons. Mask and vaccine pass requirements apply as per government requirements. Be early to avoid disappointment.

Programme details : 2022-02-16 Taioro

Liam Furey, solo piano: "Sensitivity versus Gallantry"
2022-02-23 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrew’s Centre, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us at St. Andrew’s on the Terrace for “Sensitivity versus Gallantry: the struggle between simplicity and complexity.” This programme expresses the ongoing challenge of balancing both simple and complex kinds of musical expression. In this concert, two seemingly “simple” pieces are paired with two more eccentric works composed within a similar period, to highlight the contrast between these two kinds of expression. This will be followed by a finale with John Psathas’s thrilling “Jettatura.”
Liam Furey was taught piano at the age of nine, discovering classical music at eleven, and was inspired to work in classical music. Liam started lessons with pianist/composer Gillian Bibby, won the Senior Composition Prize for Chamber Music NZ’s 2016 Secondary School Contest, and received the LTCL (Distinction) and LMusNZ Piano diplomas in 2017. Now in his Honours year for Classical Piano and Composition at the New Zealand School of Music, Liam has learnt piano under Jian Liu, composition under Michael Norris. Liam has been a frequent finalist and winner in various competitions at the NZSM, composed orchestra works for the NZSM Orchestra and NZSO, and is a co-founder of the Sounds of Te Kōkī concert series, which solely premiers new works by NZSM composition students. Liam aspires to learn and create eclectic programmes that highlight newer ideas of musical expression for his audiences.
Programme:
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.20 in G Major, Op.49, No.2
C.P.E. BACH: Fantasia in C Major, H.284
MAURICE RAVEL: Minuet from “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
PIERRE BOULEZ: Douze Notations (1945)
JOHN PSATHAS: Jettatura (1999)
Seating is limited to 100 persons. Mask and vaccine pass requirements apply as per government requirements. Be early to avoid disappointment.

Otis Prescott-Mason, solo piano
2022-03-02 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Beethoven – Sonata No.28, in A major, Op.101
Chopin – Polonaise in F# minor, Op.44
Ravel – Ondine, from Gaspard de la Nuit
Scriabin – Sonata No.4, in F# major, Op.30
Bio:
Otis is a Wellington-born pianist and is currently a second-year classical performance student at Victoria University of Wellington’s New Zealand School of Music, though he has been studying there part-time since 2019. He began his piano studies with Erin Taylor at the age of five and he studied with Emma Sayers from 2018-2020. Otis is currently studying under Dr. Jian Liu, and has been since 2018.
Otis has been successful in local competitions, winning 1st prize in the IRMTNZ Tertiary Sonata Competition in 2019, 2020, and 2021, as well as placing first at the IRMTNZ Recital Contest in 2019 and 2020. Otis has also been successful at national competitions. In 2020 he was awarded 1st prize at the New Zealand Junior Piano Competition, and recently he was awarded 1st prize at the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, New Zealand’s national piano competition.
Otis enjoys chamber music and has played in many ensembles. One of these groups won a silver award at the 2020 NZCT Chamber Contest; another won a bronze award at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Contest. Otis was selected to attend the 2021 and 2022 Adam Summer School for Chamber Music in Nelson. He has also dedicated his time to teaching piano since 2017.

The Family Business: Bach and Sons - Jonathan Berkahn
2022-03-09 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Programme details : 9-03-2022 Jonathan Berkahn

LUNCHTIME CONCERT - CANCELLED DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID CASES
2022-03-16 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Due to the surge in COVID-19, the Wednesday lunchtime concerts have been cancelled this week 16th March, through until at least 31st March. We will let you know when we can resume the concerts again. Please take care everybody.

Details of postponed/cancelled concert:
Oliver Howes (guitar) and Ben Kennedy (piano)
Join us at St Andrew’s on The Terrace for an NZSM Student Showcase recital with Oliver Howes (guitar) and Ben Kennedy (piano). Masks and vaccine passes are required for this venue.
Programme:
Oliver – Guitar
Lute Sonata V in G-Dur – Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Bourree
V. Sarabande
VI. Minuet
VII. Gigue
Ben Kennedy – Piano
Ballade No.1 – Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849))
Reflets dans l’eau – Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Oliver – Guitar
Due Canzoni Lidie – Nuccio D’Angelo (b.1955)
I. Espressivo; Tranquillo
II. Agitato

Flavio Villani
2022-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/prelude-piano-solo-flavio-villani-tickets/artist/2791068

Interesting article on Flavio: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/300385069/classical-italian-pianist-gives-a-sneak-peek-into-his-work-inspired-by-covid19

LUNCHTIME CONCERT NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC, DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID CASES
2022-03-23 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Due to the surge in COVID-19, the Wednesday lunchtime concerts have been cancelled through until at least 31st March. We will let you know when we can resume the concerts again. Please take care everybody.

Details of concert – Shannon Pittaway and NZSM Brass Artist Teachers

LUNCHTIME CONCERT NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC- CANCELLED DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID CASES
2022-03-24 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Due to the surge in COVID-19, the Wednesday lunchtime concerts have been cancelled through until at least 31st March. We will let you know when we can resume the concerts again. Please take care everybody.

Cancelled concert – Classical voice students of the NZSM

LUNCHTIME CONCERT - CANCELLED DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID CASES
2022-03-30 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Due to the surge in COVID-19, the Wednesday lunchtime concerts have been cancelled through until at least 31st March. We will let you know when we can resume the concerts again. Please take care everybody.

Cancelled concert – NZSM String Ensemble

Duo Zweisamkeit with Sunny Cheng and Otis Prescott-Mason perform piano duets by Bach, Mozart and Fibich
2022-04-06 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Programme:
Bach/Kurtag:
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643
Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611
Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir, BWV 687
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr, BWV 711
Mozart:
Sonata for four hands in D major, K. 381
Fibich:
Sonata for four hands in B flat major, Op. 28
Masks are required. Vaccine passes are not needed for this venue.
2022-04-06 Duo Zweisamkeit

We gather to remember Frances Porter
2022-04-06 14:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Because Frances died in Fielding on Sunday 3 April there will be a celebration of her life at St Andrews on the Terrace on Wednesday 6 April at 2 pm – followed by burial at the Makara Cemetery.
The possibility of streaming the service is being investigated and if this is possible a separate message with the link will be emailed.

Otis Prescott-Mason, solo piano
2022-04-07 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Otis is performing solo repertoire by Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin. Masks are required.
Vaccine passes are not needed for this venue.

Anna Prasanan on flute and Michelle Velvin on harp.
2022-04-13 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
This week at St Andrew’s in the Lunchtime Series we have the wonderful combination of flute and harp, featuring Anna Prasanan on flute and Michelle Velvin on harp.
Masks are required. Vaccine passes are not needed for this venue.
Programme details : 2022-04-13 Flute&Harp

Duo Enharmonics & Ensemble GÔ -- ‘Music of Our Time'
2022-04-20 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Monique Lapins – violin
Beth Chen – Piano
Nicole Chao – Piano
Naoto Segawa – Percussion

‘Ensemble Gō brings together Monique Lapins & Naoto Segawa in an undying pursuit and discovery of new music. Formed in 2013, the ensemble has given performances with diverse instrumental combinations. They have an intense passion to share music of contemporary composers and are recording artists of new music compositions around the globe.
Duo Enharmonics showcases the brilliance and virtuosity of four hands at one piano. Formed by Beth Chen and Nicole Chao in 2017, the Duo is reviewed as ‘exhilarating piano duet delight’ performing with ‘unanimity of feeling and technical mastery’. They are in demand as performers around New Zealand and have an active presence on Youtube and social media.
These two exciting ensembles will be touring with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2022. Ensemble Gō will bring their electrifying repertoire to audiences in August and Duo Enharmonics will dazzle with their many hands on one set of keys in October.
These four musicians are excited to join forces in this ‘Music of Our Time’ concert featuring works dedicated to contemporary composers from New Zealand and around the world.

Masks are required. Vaccine passes are not needed for this venue.

Stand with Ukraine
2022-04-24 15:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Paul Rosoman – music for organ
2022-04-27 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for the weekly St Andrew’s on the Terrace Concert Series. Paul Rosoman’s “Music for organ” recital features music by Antonio Valente, Reincken, Thalben-Ball, Gustav Holst and more.
An accomplished concert organist and accompanist, Paul Rosoman has performed in venues all over the world and is also Director of Music at St Luke’s Anglican Church, Wellington. Paul was principal organist at the consecration of Taranaki Cathedral of St. Mary in New Plymouth and has collaborated with a number of ensembles, from the Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass Band and the Trust Porirua Brass Band, to the Festival Singers and the Linden Singers. He studied organ with renowned musicians, Betty Stewart, Janet Gibbs and Douglas Mews and read music at Victoria University of Wellington.
Masks are needed. Vaccine passes are no longer required for this venue.

Wellington Youth Orchestra
2022-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
